2009 blog

Polly Dog Blog 2009

Monday 28th December	We have all had a lovely Christmas. Plenty to eat and log fires to keep us nice and warm. Me and Amber have eaten loads of turkey, so it's just as well that we have been out for long runs in the fields, otherwise we would be getting FAT. I learnt a new trick that no one showed me ~ I kept pinching the Almonds out of the nut bowl, cracking them with my very strong teeth and sharing them with Amber. I love Almonds. Boss Woman told me off, because she says they are her favourite nut as well. Boss Woman had to take the Walnuts out of the nut bowl though, as apparently they are poisonous if me and Amber eat them. For Christmas, I got a new blue translucent frisbee that can either float or fly and Amber got a new pink hard ball (she chewed the other one to bits .. ). Boss Woman has been ringing people up today to arrange for the baby pygmy goats that she is going to get. Luckily, I don't think they will have horns. We went to Skatie shore today and chased loads of rabbits. It has been so cold here at night, it was - 8 degrees last night, it's a good job Boss Woman puts me a heat pad in my cage at night when I go to bed because I am always shivering. Boss Woman is looking after someone's budgie, called Buddie. He can get a bit noisy sometimes when he is singing and whistling.
Monday 21st December	Ted the Cairn Terrier x Collie went for a run today with us, in the fields. He is a bit boisterous and annoys me and Amber by jumping all over us, but he is great fun and we play chasing with him. He does get a bit silly sometimes though then we have to growl at him or bowl him over. He seems like a quick learner so we will soon have him sorted out. He lives down the road from where we live It was so cold down the fields It must have been very cold at night because Boss Woman said the thermometer was reading -8 degrees. Boss Woman is making us wear a stupid 'hoodie' when we go out for a run. I don't like it at all. She said that we need it on because we only have short coats, unlike Ted who has a long coat.
Sunday 13th December	We went shopping in Aberdeen yesterday (well Boss Woman did, we stayed outside the shops with Big Guy). It was really really busy and me and Amber nearly got trodden on a few times. Outside Union Square, there were people playing Christmas songs on drums and one of them had a whistle. I didn't like the whistle noise and I barked all the time to make the whistling stop. The man with the whistle was laughing at me and kept stepping forward to make me bark even more, Boss Woman liked the music and laughed at me for barking. Boss Woman and Big Guy bought themself a pie for the lunch and they shared it with me and Amber. I liked the music and wanted to stop and listen to it but Boss Woman made us leave because stupid Polly wouldn't shut up. Loads of people stopped and made a fuss of us. In the afternoon we went down the fields. I saw a hare and chased it, then Polly joined in chasing it as well. We didn't catch it though, it was too fast Boss Woman said it was because me and Polly are too fat to run so fast. Well, that's a bit mean ....
Tuesday 8th December	We had a really interesting weekend. We all went down to Yorkshire on Friday. While Big Guy was busy, Boss Woman took us on a 10 mile walk, it was part of the Cleveland Way. We walked from Scarborough to Filey on the Coast Path. Boss Woman was a real wuss, she was scared in case she slipped and fell off the path. Mind you, it was very muddy and a bit close to the falling away cliff edge. We were walking through this field and suddenly 6 giant horned Highland Cattle appeared over the edge of the hill. Boss Woman was absolutely petrified and was shaking like a jelly. She didn't have to worry ~ me and Amber would have looked after her. We caught the train back from Filey to Scarborough, after the walk. People didn't want to stand near us because we were all covered in mud. Ha Ha. The only person that stood by us on the train was a very strange man that smelled of stale beer. He said he was a member of the Real Ale Society and had been trying them all out. Phew, he was a bit stinky.
Wednesday 2nd December	Boss Woman got anouther stupid phone call from some firm called Home Serve. They want to sell her some sort of insurance for when the outside water pipes freeze. She said they were stupid and to stop ringing. Gnipper the grumpy cat chased Polly today. Polly is scared of the cat and ran away quick. Ha Ha.
Tuesday 1st December	I'm really disappointed now. Boss Woman ordered me some chuckit balls from a place in Barnes, London, called the Waggery. They never sent them so Boss Woman emailed and telephoned them and they don't even ever reply. Boss Woman is so mad that she has reported them to Trading Standards. The only reply she got from The Waggery was a spurious email saying something about abuse, telling her to open an attachment to see that they didn't have them in stock. Grrrrr.
Tuesday 24th November	Boss Woman had a really stupid telephone call today from 099994404. They even got her name wrong. They were trying to sell her something. Like, she would be so stupid as to even speak to a stranger with a foreign sounding accent, with a dodgy telephone number, who didn't even get her name right. She said there are some really horrible evil people who try and steal money off other vulnerable people. She says they are as thick and horrible as the mud in the soggy field where we go running. Yes, but she didn't even hang up on him ~ she left the phone on the table so it would cost them more money for the call. It was really funny to hear the voice going ... Hello? Hello ? She always does that.
Friday 20th November	It's my birthday tomorrow. Yippeeee I'll be 3 years old. My birthday present hasn't arrived yet though. Boss Woman says the postman might bring it tomorrow morning. Today we went down the fields and saw loads more geese AND 20 swans. Amazing it was. We got really muddy as well down the fields. It has been raining so much and there is so much water about, I might need to wear my lifejacket when we go for a walk. We are having beef and heart mince to celebrate Polly's birthday.
Wednesday 18th November	An amazing thing happened today. We went a run down the field as usual, there were loads of geese at the top of the hill. Me and Amber chased them and they all took off flying. There must have been AT LEAST 400 all flying around making a right racket. I think Boss Woman was concerned in case they pood on her head. Me and Amber chased them all over the field, up, down, round and round. Great fun it was. It's my birthday on Saturday, I am 3 years old. Boss Woman has sent away for a nice present for me ~ it is an especially hard ball that fits in the chuckit. Apparently it is so strong, that even dogs with jaws like me and Amber, can't destroy it. Ha Ha, we'll see. Boss Woman says if it is fine on Saturday, like not raining, then she will take us down to St. Cyrus beach to celebrate my birthday. I like it down at St. Cyrus beach and we get to run miles and miles and go in the sea as well. I wonder if Boss Woman will sing Happy Birthday to Polly, like she did last year. I hope not, she can't sing for toffee. Raw mince for tea, which I really like.
Thursday 12th November	We went in the Forest for a walk yesterday tea time. It was soooo dark, pitch black even. Not that me or Amber were scared or anything, we loved it but Boss Woman was getting a bit narky because she said she couldn't see us when we ran ahead. I think she needs to buy some specs ~ strong ones. I mean, we were only JUST in front of her, except when we chased after the deer. I think Boss Woman was scared of slipping because she was walking very slowly and very carefully. She even put us on lead in the end because she complained she couldn't see where we were. Sigh ..... We have never been in the Forest when it has been so dark before. There were loads of different sounds than there is during the day. Me and Polly liked it and ran round and round playing chasing, it was really exciting. We got really muddy as well.
Sunday 1st November	NOW you will not believe where Boss Woman is going. Next year she is off on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Scary stuff. I hope she doesn't fall off the mountain or anything. I think she has gone mad. She is scared of heights and narrow paths. The whole garden has flooded again. When we went out, the water went nearly up to my knees. The ducks like it though.
Wedmesday 28th October	We all went to a new beach today for a lovely long walk ~ Newburgh sands. It was really lovely with plenty of people to meet, things to see and birds to chase. Boss Woman was talking to someone about the wildlife and there was a man with a MASSIVE camera lens taking pictures of the Ythan Estuary with all the birds and seals. A man with a black labrador (he gave us a biscuit) told Boss Woman not to let me and Amber swim in the Estuary ~ he said that this summer, a small dog that had been swimming in the Estuary had been taken and eaten by seals. There were a lot of them all swimming about, sneaky like. We were watching the seals sneaking up on the ducks and cormorants, no doubt to catch and eat them as well! It was 18 degrees today ~ really hot when it should have been really cold for this time of year. We walked for a long way and Boss Woman kept throwing a stick in the sea for us to chase after. I did wonder if she was trying to make the seals get hold of us AND she was telling someone that she wouldn't mind swapping us for a new puppy. I hope she was kidding? Lungs for tea. Yum.
Tuesday 27th October	Crikey, I think Amber needs to learn to swim as soon as possible. The whole place is flooded with all the heavy rain we are having. The garden, the fields, Big Guy's garage, everything is under water. Boss Woman said we might need to build an ark and then we can call Big Guy Noah ~ although I am not sure what she is on about. We found a dead Robin in the garden that had been blown about by the wind. Last Friday night, we all went down to the Forth Road Bridge to pick up some meat for me and Amber. We had a car full of raw dog meat and Big Guy had to hold me on his knee on the drive back, because I was trying to eat it all. Oooohh it did smell nice. It's all in the freezer now. I was a bit worried in the fields today. Where we normally run about in the grass, there was so much water that it almost came up to my chin AND me and Polly got really muddy so Boss Woman had to wash our feet in soapy water. Beef for dinner.
Tuesday 20th October	Me and Amber have just been in kennels for a week while Boss Woman and Big Guy floated off to France. I don't like it in kennels and I was so upset and barking all the time for Boss Woman that I have lost my voice and can't bark properly yet. Boss Woman reckons it is so peaceful now I have lost my bark. She is so mean ... I really didn't like it in kennels either and I missed my long walks in the Forest. Polly had to go to the vet today to have a needle put in the lump on her toe.
Wednesday 7th October	A new walk today at Fettercairn. Loads of lovely new smells, new things to chase ~ partridge, pheasants AND 2 black grouse. They all flew away though, they were a bit fast for us to catch. Polly got into trouble ~ she ate a dead mouse even though Boss Woman told her not to. Serve her right if she gets bellyache.
Tuesday 6th October	Me and Amber have been really poorly this week. We both have something called kennel cough. Boss Woman said it is just like a bad cold in human people. We have been sneezing and coughing. We still go for runs in the fields and forests though ~ we are not that poorly. Boss Woman has been sorting out for our next big walk next May. From Milngavie (near Glasgow) all the way up to Fort William. Can't wait, I love walking a long way, especially somewhere I haven't been before. You can sponsor me if you like. We will give the money to the Staffie Rescue again, because Boss Woman said that some dogs don't have anyone to look after them just yet and so they need the money to pay for their vets bills and food while they find a nice home. Big Guy is really busy now ~ he is having to fix in a new boiler, because the old one blew up and left sooty smoke everywhere. What a mess. Polly was terrified and shaking with fear when the boiler exploded.
Monday 28th September	I had to go to the vet today. My front toe is really sore and swollen. The vet said it was either a blackberry thorn or something stuck in it, OR an interdigital cyst (whatever that is). I have to take some horrible MASSIVE tablets for a whole week. I had to go for a rabies jab as well for my for my pets passport. I don't like the vet, he frightens me and I shake like a jelly when I go into the surgery. The vet said Gnipper the cat had to have special 'Senior' Cat food now she is nearly 17 years old. Boss Woman complained that the ANIMALS are costing her a fortune!
Sunday 20th September	Me, Amber and Gnipper the cat went sniffing out a rat under the log store today. We knew it was there AND we heard it sqeaking. Me and Amber chased it down the garden but it ran away. Boss Woman was a bit annoyed today, she found some dog poo next to our garden fence. She said it was from the Labrador that lives across the road. She took it back and left it outside the guys gate. She said it was disgusting and very lazy of the owner and she doesn't see why he can't clean up after his dog, like she does after me and Amber. The cat caught the rat as it ran away from me and Polly. The cat was struggling with it and it bit her, then it ran away again under the shed. We'll just wait until later, we are sure to catch it again.
Thursday 17th September	Loads of geese flying over today, I think it's a sign that summer is now over. That's probably why the swallows have all gone ~ to make room in the sky for the geese. Boss Woman must be getting better from her cold now, because she took us on a lovely 2 hour Forest walk today. Lovely smells in the Forest today ~ blackberries, mushrooms, wet leaves, dead rabbits .... I had to go to the vets AGAIN today. I don't like the vets, they always put a thermometer up my bum. I ate a corn cob and everyone was worried in case it got stuck inside me, because apparently corn cobs can't digest in my tummy. The vet said that Boss Woman had to check my poo, Ha Ha, to make sure the corn cob had come out the other end. That'll teach her for always telling me off.
Tuesday 15th September	Amber got into BIG trouble today. We went down to Skatie Shore and Amber was so busy chasing rabbits in the long grass and digging in the rabbit holes, that Boss Woman couldn't find her anywhere. Even though Boss Woman was shouting for her, Amber never appeared for about 10 minutes. Boss Woman was really cross and then when Amber came back, she got a massive telling off. It was 19 degrees today, it was lovely and warm. I think all the Swallows have now gone home, as we haven't seen any for a few days. Tell tale Polly. Boss Woman wasn't so mad anyway ~ she gave me loads of her Blackberries, which were lovely and juicy and make my poo turn black.
Monday 14th September	Boss Woman is feeling really sorry for herself today. She has a really bad cold and she was really narky with us today, just because we were pinching her blackberries out of the bag when she was picking them. I mean, it's not our fault she has a stupid cold. She has been busy working this morning on something called tidal power ~ it sounds like something that I do when I go swimming. Ha Ha. Another thing ~ Boss Woman nearly suffocated me today with hugging me. Some of the hens had escaped, so Boss Woman called took me out to help her ~ she told me what to do and I went round, quiet like, rounded them up and drove them back in the pen AND I didn't even try and catch or bite one (like Amber would). I don't care, hens are stupid creatures anyway. They get me all excited when they flap around and squawk which makes me want to catch them and eat them.
Monday 7th September	Boss Woman picked loads of Blackberries today. She gave me and Amber some as well, which make a change as normally she keeps them all herself. I got stung on my foot by a stupid wasp and it really hurts now and there is a big lump on my toe. Boss Woman got stung by a wasp on her arm the other day when she was picking Raspberries. I caught a rabbit down at Skatie Shore as well.
Monday 27th July	You'll never believe what Boss Woman is wanting to get now? A pygmy goat. What on earth she wants one of them for, I don't know. You'd think she had enough bother with the chickens and ducks. I hope she realises that goats eat EVERYTHING ..... probably including dogs! I hope she knows what she is doing. Big Guy didn't say anything. I think he has given up on talking sense into her. Mind you, Big Guy didn't want to get me either, so it's a good job she doesn't always listen to him.
Friday 24th July	Me and Boss Woman went down to Dunkeld today and we called at Caly Forest for a walk. We got followed all the way by a black Labrador that was all by itself. Boss Woman spent 30 minutes on her mobile ringing round to get hold of the dog warden. We all got wet through and were waiting in the Forest for 2 and half hours for the dog warden to collect him. The dog warden scanned him and apparently his name was Ben and he lived in Birnham (near Dunkeld). On his tag it didn't have his telephone number. Boss Woman said that Ben's owners were really stupid inconsiderate idiots and that if his telephone number had been on his tag then she could have delivered him home in 10 minutes, instead of spending 30 minutes on her mobile phone and 2 and half hours waiting in the pouring rain for someone to collect him. She said they should have taken better care of him and that the poor dog was lucky that we found him.
Thursday 23rd July	Remember the tadpoles that Boss Woman brought back from the Forest? Well, some of them have turned into the tiniest little frogs you have ever seen and are jumping all over the garden. Big Guy has been banned from mowing the lawn in case he cuts them to bits. Boss Woman had an enormous double scoop ice cream today, with chocolate bits, marshmallows and toffee sauce. The ice cream was melting all over the floor while she was eating it and some of it dripped on my tail, so I ate it off before she could wipe it off. It tasted very nice, although Boss Woman was a bit concerned because she says I am not supposed to eat chocolate.
Thursday 16th July	Had a run down to Skatie Shore today. We were chasing rabbits as usual but they kept running faster than us so we never caught any. I went swimming in the sea and Amber went paddling. There was a massive seal swimming about near me. The seals over by the rocks were making a right racket. Moaning and groaning. Boss Woman said they were probably mating, whatever that means. Whatever they were doing, they were very very noisy and I kept barking at them to tell them to shut up, but they ignored me. I went paddling in the sea, the water was lovely and cool round my tummy. Me and Polly were chasing the Eider ducks in the sea and Oyster Catchers on the beach. They were making very strange noises, I'm sure they were laughing at us.
Monday 13th July	Just came back from our holidays in France yesterday. It was lovely and we all had a good time. We went swimming in the sea and Big Guy and Boss Woman went biking with us running at the side of them. Most days it was very hot though so we couldn't do much walking during the day. The flies drove me mad and I have big lumps all over me, especially my ears. One day Amber couldn't do all of the walk because it was too hot for her and she she had to have water poured all over her to cool her down. We went for a walk in the local Forest today. Boss Woman was picking bilberries ~ she was so mean she wouldn't share them with us, so we had to pick our own. They were very nice and juicy. I got to wear my new lifejacket on holiday, when I went swimming in the sea. Boss Woman calls me gluggles because I can't swim and I sink to the bottom of the sea without my lifejacket on. It was great fun and I got to swim a long way like Polly does. It was thundering really loud on holiday and me and Polly were a bit scared until Boss Woman gave us a cuddle.
Saturday 20th June	Big Buy went with us to Skatie shore today. Me and Amber went into the sea and I swam out to retrieve a stick. There were 2 seals in the sea, watching us. Boss Woman made me get out of the water ~ she said the seals could bite my legs off. Yikes! There was a poodle wanting to play with us, but I chased it away, because it was trying to pinch my stick. When I went to see the old ladies on Tuesday for Therapet, I did a roll over. They were really impressed and all of them said what a clevel girl I was. Me and Polly chased 2 black farm cats in the fields on Tuesday night. I caught one and jumped on it (like I do with our cat Gnipper) because I wanted it to play. It was really stupid. It did a high back flip then jumped on my back and clung there, digging it's claws in. I was running down the field howling with pain, with the stupid cat still stuck to my back. Then it jumped off, so I chased it up a tree. Boss Woman is soooo mean. She was laughing her head off and said the farm cat was getting revenge for chasing it. Chased loads of rabbits today at Skatie shore but didn't catch one. I hope they don't start chasing me back as well .....
Monday 15th June	Another lovely long walk in the Forest today. The sky was making very loud grumbling and banging noises for ages and it came very dark, then it started to rain massive drops. Me and Amber kept looking up at the sky wondering what all the noise was about and where it was coming from. We didn't care anyway, we were too busy chasing things in the Forest to bother about it. Boss Woman collected some more tadpoles in a bottle, because she said the tadpole ponds were nearly all dried up and the tadpoles would die if she left them there. She has been feeding dead flies to the tadpoles at home. I liked it when it was raining hard because it made all these new smells which were very interesting and I was jumping about all over with my nose in the air, sniffing them. Boss Woman gave us some of her home made cheese & bacon biscuits when we got back to the car, which we were glad of because we were starving with all that running about. Boss Woman is going to buy me a lifejacket for when go caoeing, so I don't drown. She says I can't swim so I'll need one !
Monday 9th June	Boss Woman went to have a cup of tea with her friend today. That's where my friend Ben lived. Well, I searched all over for him; in the kitchen, in the bedrooms, living room, under the table, behind the settee ..... everywhere. He was nowhere to be seen, anywhere. Boss Woman told me later that Ben had to go to the vet for an injection to make him sleep forever. Apparently he was very old and poorly and could hardly walk. What a shame. Poor Ben, but at least he is not in pain anymore. She is planning for us to go on another long walk next May ~ The West Highland Way. Once again, if anyone wants to sponsor us (money going to Staffie Rescue) then please do.
Monday 8th June	We have had been doing a lot of long walking this week. We went back to the Forest where the tadpoles were and Boss Woman collected some of them in a bottle because the pool they were in was nearly dried up and she is going to put them in Loch Muick when we go walking over to Lochnagar next week. I like Lochnagar ~ there is the big Loch to swim in and a big mountain to climb. Last night, her and Big Guy went to hear this guy called Doug Scott lecturing on mountain climbing. She even bought a picture of Doug Scott and Chris Bonnington. Don't know what the big deal is ~ just looks like a couple of old codgers on a rock to me. I hope she's not thinking about going back to see Mount Everest again. The nasty tom cat from over the road killed Charlie Duck, it was chasing the hens all round the hen run as well, so me and Polly chased it out of the garden. It had better not come back or else we'll chase it again. Our old cat Gnipper is scared of it because it fights with her. We saw 4 hares in the field this week, they were running about all over and chasing and boxing each other.
Friday 29th May	It is really hot today ~ 21 degrees in fact. We had a long 4 hour walk in the Forest and saw, 2 horses, a field full of Highland Cattle, 1 woodpecker and 1 dead badger. I kept jumping into the undergrowth after noises, which I thought were mice. Boss Woman said they were probably snakes so best not to jump in the grass after them. We were just going round a corner on the path, when we saw a ginger bushy pine martin. It was almost as tall as Amber and about 30" long from nose to tail. Me and Amber chased it and it ran up a tree so we couldn't get it. I just stayed under the tree barking at it and it was too scared to come down. It didn't half run fast. We were tired when we got home ~ we had some chicken for our dinner and I'm now going to have a nap. Me and Polly were really thirsty so we drank some water from a pool in the Forest. The pool was full of tadpoles which we swallowed, I swallowed so many, they made me choke. Boss Woman made us come out of the pool, which was a bit mean, as we were enjoying chasing the tadpoles round with our nose. Although Boss Woman did laugh at me because she said my face was covered all over in mud. Forests are my favourite of all the walks that we do. There is always something to smell, hear or chase and I like them a lot.
Saturday 23rd May	I am really glad to see Boss Woman again. She went floating off to Rome last week without us and 2 weeks before that she went to Paris. I don't think I would have liked all that pavement walking so I was glad that I stayed here with Big Guy, although I did miss her and me and Amber gave her the biggest kissy licks you have ever seen when she got back. The other day I had a massive tick on me and Big Guy had to pull it out. It hurt and made me yelp. I missed her a lot as well. I am glad she is back now. She went climbing up the Tower of Pisa. I don't think I would have liked that ~ I much prefer running in the fields chasing rabbits than dodging feet. When I went into the kennels, the guy there said I was so muscly, it looked like I had been 'working out'. It's probably all those long walks that Boss Woman makes me do that gives me muscles. I have a sore eye and Boss Woman had to get some ointment from the vet to put on it.
Wednesday 13th May	Went to Fetteresso Forest today for a long walk. We had great fun swimming and playing and chasing floating sticks in the River Cowie. Me and Amber were barking and growling a lot when we were playing tug of war with sticks, we had a great time. We saw a Guy with a Jack Russell and he picked his dog up when he saw us and heard us growling. I thought that was really strange, because usually people let their Jack Russell bite me before they pick it up. A woman who had a Collie was watching Boss Woman pull some pooey grass out of Amber's bum, I think she was shocked! Amber is always getting grass stuff stuck in her bum because she eats so much of it. Boss Woman called her a Poo Monster. I found the leg of a deer in the Forest, which I carried in my mouth back to the car. Boss Woman let me take it home so I could finish off chewing it at home. Rabbit for dinner, which I like a lot.
Tuesday 12th May	Had a 10 mile walk in the Forest yesterday. It was lovely ~ there were things to chase, plenty to sniff AND a river to paddle in. I think Boss Woman was really worried in case we were lost because she kept stopping and looking round to see where we were. Well, considering she had forgotten the map, it would have served her right if she was lost. Boss Woman got talking to a man with a German Short Haired Pointer. She asked him if he would swap his dog for her Black and White one (ME). Not funny at all, so I don't know why she laughed. I have serious doubts about her sometimes ...I was glad when we got back to the car because I was very tired, hot and hungry.
Tuesday 5th May	We went down the fields early this morning. We saw 2 hares fighting in the field so me and Amber chased them. They soon stopped fighting then and ran away like lightening. Boss Woman saved my life as well. I was breaking a stick off a tree with my teeth and some of it got wedged across the top of the mouth between my teeth. I couldn't spit it out and whatever I did, I couldn't get it out either. It was hurting me a right lot and I kept pawing my face to stop it hurting. Luckily Boss Woman put her fingers in my mouth and pulled it out ~ she does come in quite useful occasionally. Then I had Therapet at the Old Folk's Home at 11 a.m. Someone said that it was lovely to see a little dog give so much pleasure to the Old People. I don't mind ~ I like giving them kisses and getting all the attention. Afterwards, we went to Pets at Home for some more bisuits. Honestly, Polly is so clumsy sometimes. It's not the first time she has done that, she really ought to be more careful.
Wednesday 29th April	Went down to Skatie Shore today and had great fun (as usual) chasing rabbits. Boss Woman was collecting seaweed. She said she was going to dry it and feed a little bit to us every day, she said it was good for us. Well! I hope she knows what she is doing and isn't trying to poison us..... Someone has been digging into the rocks again down there and they have made a right mess of the path. Loose stones everywhere and debris. Boss Woman said it could be quite dangerous if you didn't watch where you were putting your feet and whoever had done it were a bunch of idiots ! We saw 2 seagulls chasing an injured Eider duck which was floundering in the water and then we saw a bit fat seal as well, which kept popping it's head out of the water to look at us. I was drinking sea water and then I got sick this afternoon. Apparently I can't have anything to eat for 48 hours. I'll probably be starved to death by then.
Monday 20th April	Boss Woman had to take her car into the garage at Inverbervie today for it's MOT, whatever that is.. There were loads of Swallows diving in and out of the Garage, really busy. I think they were making a nest. We had a lovely walk down the coast path to Gourdon and met loads of other nice dogs and a grumpy old fat Labrador that jumped on me so I growled at it and chased it away. It's very warm and sunny today. We have been playing in the garden and digging big holes.
Monday 13th April	A lovely sunny day yesterday and we had a great time on the beach, chasing the seagulls. It was very busy though with loads of other dogs and people, Big Guy said it was because it was holiday time and everyone had come for their holidays. We had a busy time in the fields today. Searching out mice in the straw bale, digging for moles, chasing rabbits, birds, hares and deer. I am sooo tired now. Chicken for dinner, which I like.
Wednesday 8th April	Boss Woman and Big Guy floated off on some trip to Nepal so she couldn't update my dog blog. She can be a bit slack sometimes. They went trekking up to Pangboche on the Everest Trek path and actually saw Mount Everest. She said it was a bit scary and very steep and they had to cross the river on wobbly scary bridges and dodge the Yaks. Some poeple sponsored them and they got £50 for the Scottish Staffie Rescue. Anyway, she is back now which I am glad of, because me and Amber missed her. We had to go into kennels during the week, which we didn't like very much but we got to eat tins of doggie meat, which we did like a lot. Went down to Skatie Shore last Monday and Boss Woman said she saw a gruesome sight ~ a slug was eating a worm and the worm was all red and bloated. Yuk ..... We are just off down the field now for a run ~ no doubt Boss Woman will be washing us when we get back because it is wet and muddy outside. She's okay, but she can be a bit fussy. I am soooo famous now, apparently even people in America are reading all about me. Cool. I wonder if dogs in America talk with a different accent? Boss Woman said that it has been proven that birds in different countries make a slightly different noise than they do over here in Scotland. I hope she doesn't go off on some other trip just yet because I missed her a lot. There are some 'travellers' in caravans at the layby down the road. They keep driving past our house and looking in the garden. I don't know why they are called 'travellers' ~ they don't seem to travel very far. They just drive to the layby down the road and stay there and they leave a right mess behind with their rubbish all over. Boss Woman is a bit worried in case they run off with me and Polly.
Tuesday 17th March	Went to see the old ladies in Stonehaven today for Therapet. They all sang Happy Birthday to Boss Woman and made her a cup of tea. I gave them all plenty of kisses (as usual). It's lovely, warm and sunny today. 12 degrees in fact but Boss Woman reckons it will snow next week because she says it always snows the week after her birthday. Boss Woman is soooooo greedy. She ate a whole box of chocolates to herself. I think she feels sick now and if she doesn't, well she should do!
Friday 13th March	Friday the 13th. Ha Ha. I am not bothered, I am not superstitious! Boss Woman took us on a new path today, we have never walked on before. It was lovely and loads of stuff to smell and see. We saw some huge deer ~ not the small ones we normally see but HUGE ones. We saw some frogspawn in the ditch as well AND we heard a woodpecker.
Sunday 8th March	Just come back from a weekend in Aberfeldy, Perth today. We did loads and loads of walking in the hills. It was snowing and very cold as well. Boss Woman made me wear my stupid cagoule that she made me and I had to wear my fleece at night. Sigh ... I wasn't very impressed. We got to meet and walk with 20 other people that Boss Woman and Big Guy are trekking in Nepal with. I really enjoyed it and Saturday night I got to go to the pub and shared some of Big Guy's steak pie. I hurt my foot on some chicken wire climbing over the fence and it is making me limp now because it hurts so much. Boss Woman said that I ought to learn to watch where I am putting my feet. Not much sympathy there then!
Tuesday 3rd March	We went on a lovely 5 mile walk in the Forest today. We had never been in this Forest before and it was really interesting. I saw my first ever Newt. It didn't smell very appetising so I didn't eat it. It didn't even jump away when I sniffed it, I think it must have only just woken up from the winter. All the birds are getting really noisy now ~ we heard lapwings and skylarks today, making a right racket and singing away. We had fish for dinner and a duck egg, I was well starving when we got back home from the walk. The ducks are laying eggs now, so we get to have a duck egg every day.
Friday 27th February	Went shopping to Aberdeen with Boss Woman today ~ well, I stayed in the car while she went shopping. It's Big Guy's birthday tomorrow so she bought him a present. I don't know what it is though but I'm sure Big Guy will show me tomorrow when he opens it. I wernt for a run down at Skatie Shore yesterday without Amber. I miss Amber when she is not there as it's not so much fun chasing rabbits and jumping in the sea by myself. Boss Woman took me down to St. Cyrus beach on Monday and there was a Staffie x chasing about all by itself. It didn't want to play with me or chase me, it just ran up and down the beach. Boss Woman called it but it just ran away again. I went sniffing round a bush and a Swan hissed at me, so I thought I had better leave it alone in case it attacked me. It looked a bit narky and vicious. I think it was sat on a nest. I feel better now but Boss Woman won't let me run off lead yet. She says I am too mad and run about too much and I have to take it easy for another week or two. I'm fine, she just fusses too much. I'm dying to get chasing rabbits into gorse bushes again. Maybe now I have had my operation, it might make me run faster then I can catch them as well!
Friday 20th February	We drove a long way yesterday, to take Stella to her new home. Stella's new Boss Woman rang up my Boss Woman this morning and said that Stella had been very good and slept in her new cage all night without the door being closed. Stella has been all over the place. Long walks, meeting her new Boss Woman's friends, Pets at Home for some goodies. Stella saw a little boy in Pets at Home and she didn't even jump up at him, like she would have done before. She also lives with a (grumpy) cat and she had chicken for her dinner last night. Stella has a nice big garden to play in. I pood in the garden, just to remind Stella that I had been there and not to forget me. Stella was a nuisance, but I am glad she has found someone to look after her properly. I feel a bit better now, especially after I had some rabbit for my dinner, that the gamekeeper brought us. I feel sleepy all the time, I think it must be the tablets Boss Woman is making me have. I hope she is not trying to poison me.
Wednesday 18th February	Amber came home from the vets on Monday night and then she was bleeding a right lot and she was very poorly. She had to go back to the vets yesterday for another operation and she stayed there last night. She is back now, but she is not very well and she just wants to sleep all the time. I hope she will be alright, because I miss her not playing chasing with me in the fields. A really nice lady called Irene came to see Stella today. She is going to give Stella a nice new home. She was very nice and she kept hugging Stella and saying what a clever girl she was. She hugged me as well, but not as much as Stella. I am soooo tired, I just want to sleep all the time. I still don't feel very well. Boss Woman gave me some nice meat for my tea which was really tasty.
Monday 16th February	Amber had to go to the vets today for an operation to stop her having any puppies. Me and Stella got to run in the Forest down Slug Road, for miles and miles. There was a lot of deep snow and Boss Woman kept throwing snowballs at us ~ she's always doing it, she seems to find it funny when they hit us. Sigh .... Me and Stella followed some deer tracks but we couldn't find the deer. Stella has a good sniffy nose and she can smell animal tracks before I can. I don't feel very well now I have come back from the vets. My tummy hurts a lot. Boss Woman gave me some chicken for my tea but I didn't eat anything because my tummy hurts so much. I've got a massive cut on my tummy with a load of stitches in it. I hope it doesn't leave a big scar and spoil my looks. Boss Woman said I should feel a bit better tomorrow but I can't go for a run in the field for 2 weeks. I have to go for my stitches out next Tuesday.
Wednesday 4th February	We have got my friend Stella Labrador staying with us, until Boss Woman can find a new home for her. We all went down to the local beach for a run today and there were loads of dead seagulls and even a dead seal. We ALL got into trouble because we had a bite out of the dead seal. Boss Woman was really narky, she said it just reminded her that we were nothing but dirty filthy stinking animals. You know, she has said that before. I wonder who I can report her to? It's not very politically correct is it ? ~ I mean, EVEN ANIMALS have rights! I don't like Stella, she keeps running into me all the time and knocking me over, just because I am smaller than she is. She came in very useful on Monday though. On Monday, the leftover chicken was left on the table and Stella, because she is a lot bigger than me and Polly, reached up and pinched some for us. It tasted lovely.
Wednesday 28th January	Had a lovely, but muddy, time in the woods today. Boss Woman kept throwing a stick for me and Amber to fetch. Trouble is, she kept throwing down the really steep banking ~ I'm sure she was trying to make us jump off the edge into the river below! I woke up at 4 a.m. this morning. I kept barking to wake everyone up, because I had seen a fox in the garden. I think the fox was trying to get to the hens and ducks, but luckily they were all securely locked up.
Saturday 24th January	I got electrocuted by an electric fence today, when I went in the field. It really frightened me and I just ran about crying and limping. What a shock I got! I'll have to watch out for that next time. The electric fence is supposed to protect the sheep from predators and stop the sheep from escaping. It certainly would do that all right. Although sheep are so stupid and have such thick woolly coats, I am not sure it would actually stop them from breaking out of the field. Big Guy and Boss Woman are going to a Burns Supper tonight. They will be eating Haggis, neeps and tatties. If I had known she liked Haggis, then I could have caught her one in the field. I wonder if Haggis can run fast?
Monday 19th January	Crikey, we had a very busy 2 days, this weekend. Big Guy and Boss Woman drove all the way down to Leeds in a big Luton Van on Saturday afternoon that he had hired. It was such a long way and I didn't like it at all. The van kept rattling and making strange noises. There was a really loud banging noise when part of the windscreen trim fell off. It took ages to get down there and there wasn't much room for me on the seat to lie down. Big Guy bought fish and chips and me and Amber got to share a fish, which was really nice as we were both starving. I don't think I would like to live down in Leeds, because there wasn't anywhere that me and Amber could run about off lead. We only got to have an onlead walk. I got to lie on the floor to sleep. There was plenty of room for me and I just slept all the time, although it was a bit uncomfortable with all that noise and rattling going on. A little boy asked Big Guy if I was a BULLDOG. Ha Ha. I am much prettier than a bulldog I think.
Tuesday 13th January	I had to go to the vets today for my parvo jab and other ones. The vet stuck in right in my neck and it made me jump a bit. Boss Woman said that some dogs owners don't get their dogs vaccinated and then they cry when their dogs get poorly and sometimes die. We went to Skatie Shore today for a lovely walk. I found a tennis ball. Boss Woman always wonders where I find them because nearly every time we go there, I find a tennis ball or golf ball. It's because I can sniff them out with my super strong sniffy nose. I found a mushroom thing that Boss Woman said was a puff ball. When I carried it, all the spore powder stuff came out into my nose and made me sneeze a lot. I like it at Skatie Shore because I get to chase all the rabbits. Even though I can never catch them, it's good fun chasing them all over the rocks. I caught and killed a rat on Sunday and it bit me on my nose and made it bleed. Boss Woman said I was a very clever girl. She put me some Surgical Spirit on my bleeding nose to clean it and it really really stung and made my eyes water.